Jean-Henri FABRE (1823-1915). Autograph manuscript, Premiers éléments d'économie domestique, February 1891 39 pages fol. First part of his textbook Premiers éléments d'économie domestique, simples notions à l'usage des écoles primaires (Paris, Ch. Delagrave, 1891), devoted to Clothing (the second part will be devoted to Food). This first part, Clothing, is divided into 11 chapters: I. Wool; II. Furs; III. Moths; IV. Cotton; V. Silk; VI. Linen, Hemp, Cloth; VII. Clothes, Blankets, Bedsprings, Eiderdowns; VIII. Soaping; IX. Laundry; X. Ironing, Empesage; XI. Stains. Very lively and precise presentation, scientific popularisation followed at the end of each chapter by a "Questionnaire". A handsome clean manuscript in his fine handwriting, without erasures, used for printing.